"Of course it's right because we don't know the outcome of the negotiations that we prepare for No Deal."

Asked a second time, Mrs May insisted there were "huge opportunities open to the United Kingdom" after Brexit, adding: "What the Government is working for is to ensure that whatever the outcome of the negotiations, we make a success of leaving the European Union."

After she ignored the question twice more, the PM was asked whether she'd vote Leave if there was a re-run of the referendum.

She again dodged the issue, saying: "That is a hypothetical question, and I don't answer hypothetical questions because we're not in the business of having - and it's very important this point - because we're not in the business of having a second referendum on Brexit.

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Both leaders campaigned for Remain in the referendum but have committed to respecting the result of the vote in 2016.

Critics mocked Mrs May for avoiding the crucial question - Lib Dem MP Tom Brake, who backs the People's Vote campaign, said: “We are in the unprecedented and unenviable situation of having a Prime Minister who clearly does not believe that her own Government’s flagship policy – Brexit – is in the best interests of the country.

"And yet she insists on inflicting it on us all anyway."

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